#Abolition

Bryn Harris

BrynHarris6

This is an excellent thread. Does the Law Commission need to be abolished? There are good reasons for saying yes, in addition to those set out in the thread, but

Gurminder K Bhambra

GKBhambra

#HistoryMatters a thread – recent weeks have highlighted issues of how British history is taught, what gets taught as British history & why this matters. How we understand the past

Alex Zielinski

alex_zee

Portland Mayor Wheeler on last night's protests in East Portland, during a press call: "Last night 200-300 people went to the East Precinct intent on violence. The violence I am

joelle

JoelleStangler

Lots of folks talk about "people in mental health crises" in the abstract when arguing why we need to divest from police and invest in alternatives, so let me put

Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian

riversidewings

Yes, it's that magical time once again! After a week of hiatus, it is time for #FridayNightHistory in which I try a radical change of topic and answer the question:

Martijn Grooten

martijn_grooten

It's the 1st of July. Happy Keti Koti! Please join me for a short thread on Dutch history and slavery Keti Koti is Sranantongo (Surinamese) for "the chain is broken".

EdEdd&Eddy

edace2936

I’m here at #VCU’s compass in front of Cabell library where protesters have gathered with three banners reading “Drop the Charges,” “Defund the Police,” and “Stop the Evictions” leaning against

Matt Ferner

matthewferner

This could not be a dumber take. We need far more mercy in our cruel, barbaric, all too often unjust system, and executive clemency is embedded into the Constitution for

Harsha Walia

HarshaWalia

Thread:I have spent last hour reading the devil in the details of Bill 22 – the federal govt's major criminal justice reform with proposed amendments to the Criminal Code and the Controlled

Alan Russell

soxgnasher

London Fields Hackney In 1275 the area of London Fields was common pastureland but the name of London Field is not found until the 1540s. It was one of several

Tera Hunter

TeraWHunter

I want to talk about emancipation, for anyone who is interested. As Juneteenth is being discussed there is a lot of misunderstandings about the Emancipation Proclamation, how slavery came to

Piotr Smolar

piosmo

1) Lorsqu’on fait face à un événement aussi soudain et imprévu que la mobilisation civique en #Biélorussie, surtout observé de loin, on a tendance à s’agripper à des références historiques,

postage negotiator

NireBryce

our org demands really are backsliding huh.this was true in 2019it will not do after March 2020https://twitter.com/DemSocialists/status/1343601868988178438 a whole lot of the left but especially within DSA, I often hear

Iain Roberts

slowbikeiain

I have pulled together my thoughts on the Planning for the Future white paper, which will radically change our planning system in England. I will acknowledge first that it has

Trey the Explainer

Trey_Explainer

I read a good portion of Trump’s “1776 Report” which is essentially his plan to modify the US education system on how American history is taught and geez is it

Dean Carlos 🇺🇲🇻🇦

thedeanwrites

Unlike @SohrabAhmari I'm a mad man. So since he won't make a thread about Rerum Novarum I will. What follows is a summary of it from "Proclaiming Justice and Peace,"

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